Wave-motor.



S. SKIRTUN.

WAVE MOTOR.

nrmoumu Hum 001'. a. 1909.

Patented Feb. 22, 1910.

IN BNTUR WITNESSES ATTORNEY sramsiaw alumina, or SAN raanorsco, camromvm.

wave-moron.

Be it known that I, Smitten/{w Strm'ro'x, a subject ofRussia, residing at SanFranciseo, in the county of San Francisco and State of California,have invented new and Iliftll. Improvements in Wave-Motors, of which the; following is a'specification. The present invention, relates to an improved wave'motor, the object of the invention being to rovide an, ap aratns of this eharacterwhic will, utilize t e force of the waves veryelliwntly and economically.

In the accom zanyin drawing, Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of the apparatus- Fig. 2 is a cross section on the line 22 Fig. 1: Fi 3 is an. enlarged verti cal section of one of t e air compressors.

Referring to the drawing l indicates a well frame, havingside walls 2'secnred to posts 3 driven into the bed of the ocean,

-o n at the end op osite the ocean and c osed at the shore en by a swin ing gate 4 pivoted, as shown at 5. upon the rame. On the inner oropposmg surfaces of said side walls :2 are formed vertical tides 6 for :1 Heat T. Converging towar and meeting the ends of said walls at the open end of the well are walls 8, between which the waves, enterin thexwideen'd of the space between the wailsandtraveling to the narrow end, greatly increase in height, so as to produce an increased effect upon the Heart n )on entering the float well. To the top of tlie float. are pivotally secured links l0, -which are connected {atrtheir upperends to plun 'ers 14 supported t on the frame. In the up er .13, which 'reqlliroeatc in vertical cylinrers' end of each cy inder is an inlet cheek an ve l5 and an outlet-check valve 16. From the outlet check valves flexible pipes 17 lead to a receiver lfifor compressed air. The end of the float at. the open end of the well is concted and curved upwardly, terminating n edge'as shown at 26, like the bow of a "it, the object being to increase the lifting e ect of the wave {when it im inges upon said curved end. ,said .cylin em having guide ribs 27' which cah slide vertically in guidcways 28 secured upon the frame. The cylinders may be adjusted to any desired position to conform to varying heights of the tide by means of screws 19 connected to said cylinders and screwed through bear; ings 20 on the frame. From said gate exv tends upwardly an arm 21 having a pin and tr; in

slot connection 22 with a pluger rod 23 of a Specification of Letter: rate at. Application aieaoaiober a, 1909. Serial no. 521,040.

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Patented Feb. 22, 1910'.

plunger, which .recip rocates in a cylinder 24 of the same construction as the vertical cylinders alread desQribcd and is in like manner connecte to the air receiver.

The 0 oration of the apparatus is as follows:-' he wave entering the wide mouth formed by the two converging walls greatly increases in height as it travels to the lloat well. On arriving at the open end of the well it passes into the well and raises the float, operating the vertical air compressors and forcing air into the receiver! it then asses out of the well and in doing so 'forces ack the gate 4 thereby operating the horizontal air compressor. W hen the wave has passed through the gate and the dc )ression or trough in the water arrives at he well, the fall of the level of the water between the converging walls produces a greatly in creased efl'ect mthat in the well itself, and this is further increase by the fact that the gate has shut, preventing return of the Evaor this reason the float rises and falls through a much greater am litude than the'normal dili'ercn e' in level ctween the trough and the crest of the wave. The compressed air thus stored may be used for any desired purpose for which power is required.

I clnin1:

1. A wave motor comprising walls forming a well. open at one end, a swinging gate closing the other end of the well. walls converging toward said open end, a lloat in said well. and means for generating power from the rise and fall oflthe float in said well, substantially as described. I

2. A wave motor comprising wiills forming a well, open at one end. a swinging gate closing the other end of the well. walls converging toward said open cnd,.a float in said well, means for generating power from the rise and fall of the float in said well, and means for generating power by theswinging of said gate, substantially as described.

3. A wave motor comprising walls forming a well, open at one end, a swinging gate closing the other end of the well. walls conver ing toward saidopen end. a float in said wel air compressor cylinders. plunger-s in said cylinders operatively connected to said float, a receiver for the compressed air, and connections from said cylinders to said receptacle, substantially as described.

4. A wave motor comprising walls forminga well, open at one end, a swinging gate closing the other end of the well, walls conwell, said fluid having its and next to said ver ing toward said open end, a float in said converging walls contracted and curved upwel air compressor cylinders, plungeis in wardly, and means for generating power 15 said cylinders operatively connected to said I from the rise and fall of the float in said float, means for varying the height of said well, substantially as described.

cylinders, a receiver for the compressed air, l In testimony whereof I have hereunto set and flexible connections from said cylinders l my hand in tho prosmn'e of two subscribing to said receptacle, substantially as described. witnesses.

5. A wave motor comprising walls form- 1 STANISLAl'Y SKIRTUN-.-

ing a well, open atone end, a. swinging gate Witnesses:

closing the other endof the well, walls con- Fmxcrs M. Wmcn'r,

verging toward said open end, a float in said l D. B. RICHARDS. 

